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• Windows FNT fonts
• BDF fonts (including anti-aliased ones)
• PFR fonts
• Type42 fonts (limited support)
You can also add modules to support other types of font files. See FREETYPE 2 [
] for more information.
Linux On a Linux system, if the Fontconfig utility is set up as usual, all you need to do to add a new font is to place the file in
the directory ~/.fonts. This will make the font available not only to GIMP, but to any other program that uses Fontconfig. If
for some reason you want the font to be available to GIMP only, you can place it in the fonts subdirectory of your personal
GIMP directory, or some other location in your font search path. Doing either will cause the font to show up the next time you
start GIMP. If you want to use it in an already running GIMP, press the Refresh button in the
the directory ~/.fonts. This will make the font available not only to GIMP, but to any other program that uses Fontconfig. If
for some reason you want the font to be available to GIMP only, you can place it in the fonts subdirectory of your personal
GIMP directory, or some other location in your font search path. Doing either will cause the font to show up the next time you
start GIMP. If you want to use it in an already running GIMP, press the Refresh button in the
Windows The easiest way to install a font is to drag the file onto the Fonts directory and let the shell do its magic. Unless you’ve
done something creative, it’s probably in its default location of C:\windows\fonts or C:\winnt\fonts. Sometimes
double-clicking on a font will install it as well as display it; sometimes it only displays it. This method will make the font
available not only to GIMP, but also to other Windows applications.
done something creative, it’s probably in its default location of C:\windows\fonts or C:\winnt\fonts. Sometimes
double-clicking on a font will install it as well as display it; sometimes it only displays it. This method will make the font
available not only to GIMP, but also to other Windows applications.
To install a Type 1 file, you need both the .pfb and .pfm files. Drag the one that gets an icon into the fonts folder. The other
one doesn’t strictly need to be in the same directory when you drag the file, since it uses some kind of search algorithm to find it
if it’s not, but in any case putting it in the same directory does no harm.
one doesn’t strictly need to be in the same directory when you drag the file, since it uses some kind of search algorithm to find it
if it’s not, but in any case putting it in the same directory does no harm.
In principle, GIMP can use any type of font on Windows that FreeType can handle; however, for fonts that Windows can’t handle
natively, you should install them by placing the font files in the fonts folder of your personal GIMP directory, or some other
location in your font search path. The support Windows has varies by version. All that GIMP runs on support at least TrueType,
Windows FON, and Windows FNT. Windows 2000 and later support Type 1 and OpenType. Windows ME supports OpenType
and possibly Type 1 (but the most widely used Windows GIMP installer does not officially support Windows ME, although it
may work anyway).
natively, you should install them by placing the font files in the fonts folder of your personal GIMP directory, or some other
location in your font search path. The support Windows has varies by version. All that GIMP runs on support at least TrueType,
Windows FON, and Windows FNT. Windows 2000 and later support Type 1 and OpenType. Windows ME supports OpenType
and possibly Type 1 (but the most widely used Windows GIMP installer does not officially support Windows ME, although it
may work anyway).
Note
GIMP uses Fontconfig to manage fonts on Windows as well as Linux. The instructions above work because Fontconfig
by default uses the Windows fonts directory, i. e., the same fonts that Windows uses itself. If for some reason your
Fontconfig is set up differently, you will have to figure out where to put fonts so that GIMP can find them: in any case,
the
GIMP uses Fontconfig to manage fonts on Windows as well as Linux. The instructions above work because Fontconfig
by default uses the Windows fonts directory, i. e., the same fonts that Windows uses itself. If for some reason your
Fontconfig is set up differently, you will have to figure out where to put fonts so that GIMP can find them: in any case,
the
fonts
folder of your personal GIMP directory should work.
8.5.3
Font Problems
Problems with fonts have probably been responsible for more GIMP 2 bug reports than any other single cause, although they have
become much less frequent in the most recent releases in the 2.0 series. In most cases they have been caused by malformed font
files giving trouble to Fontconfig. If you experience crashes at startup when GIMP scans your font directories, the best solution
is to upgrade to a version of Fontconfig newer than 2.2.0. As a quick workaround you can start gimp with the --no-fonts
command-line option, but then you will not be able to use the text tool.
become much less frequent in the most recent releases in the 2.0 series. In most cases they have been caused by malformed font
files giving trouble to Fontconfig. If you experience crashes at startup when GIMP scans your font directories, the best solution
is to upgrade to a version of Fontconfig newer than 2.2.0. As a quick workaround you can start gimp with the --no-fonts
command-line option, but then you will not be able to use the text tool.
Another known problem is that Pango 1.2 cannot load fonts that don’t provide an Unicode character mapping. (Pango is the text
layout library used by GIMP.) A lot of symbol fonts fall into this category. On some systems, using such a font can cause GIMP
to crash. Updating to Pango 1.4 will fix this problem and makes symbol fonts available in GIMP.
layout library used by GIMP.) A lot of symbol fonts fall into this category. On some systems, using such a font can cause GIMP
to crash. Updating to Pango 1.4 will fix this problem and makes symbol fonts available in GIMP.
A frequent source of confusion occurs on Windows systems, when GIMP encounters a malformed font file and generates an
error message: this causes a console window to pop up so that you can see the message.
error message: this causes a console window to pop up so that you can see the message.
Do not close that console window.
It is harmless, and closing it will shut down GIMP.
When this happens, it often seems to users that GIMP has crashed. It
hasn’t: closing the console window causes Windows to shut GIMP down. Unfortunately, this annoying situation is caused by an
interaction between Windows and the libraries that GIMP links to: it cannot be fixed within GIMP. All you need to do, though,
if this happens, is minimize the console window and ignore it.
interaction between Windows and the libraries that GIMP links to: it cannot be fixed within GIMP. All you need to do, though,
if this happens, is minimize the console window and ignore it.